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Hopman Cup Play-off : Netherlands vs Zimbabwe |
 PERTH, Australia January 01, 2005
How are you everybody ?
I wish all of you the best of luck and happy new year 2005. Now I'm in Perth, Australia, visiting the 17th Hopman Cup as uaual. I just came back from today play-off matches between Netherland vs Zimbabwe, I've taken a lot of pictures and want to share to all of you. Hope you enjoy looking around my 17th Hopman Cup Album...... Photo album |
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| Dutch join the field in Hopman Cup |
 PERTH,
Australia January 02, 2005
Courtesy : Hopman Highlights(Alan East)
Strong singles performances under pressure yesterday earned
Dutch pair Peter Wessels and Michaella Krajicek a place in the eight-nation
field for this year's Hyundai Hopman Cup.
The Netherlands beat Zimbabwe 2 - 1 in the Play-off after a tense
four-hour singles battle, with Krajicek coming from behind to beat
Cara Black 3-6, 7-6, 6-0, with the tie-breaker going 7-5.
The experienced Black was serving for the match at 6-5 in the second
set when her 15-year-old rival suddenly pressed the fightback button.
Krajicek broke to save the match, won the tie-breaker and then got
completely on top, not conceding another game.
Wessels, mindful of the fact that his opponents are raked No. 3
in world doubles, won the first set in a tie-breaker, with the points
going 9-7 and then clinched the match with a 7-5 second set......
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| Argentina off to a flying start |
 PERTH,
Australia January 03, 2005
Courtesy : Hopman Highlights(Alan East)
An ankle injury to Italy's Davide Sanguinetti caused
a scare in the men's singles battle with Argentina's Guillermo
Coria yesterday, but in the final outcome it didn't affect
the result of the opening round-robin fixture.
The 4th seeded Argentinians survived in the mixed doubles
after Italy's Francesca Schiavone has opened up with a 6-1,
6-3 win over rising young star Gisela Dulko. The match was
levelled when Coria beated Sanguinetti 6-1, 7-6(4) after the
Italian looked doomed when he rolled his ankle two games into
the first set.
He showed great courage to battle on and, in fact, broke the
service of Coria in the second set, only to concede his own
serve, forcing the tie-breaker. The decider saw the Argentine
pair playing mixed doubles for the first time and it was a
much more composed Dulko who held her own against the aggressive
Italians. Argentina now faces top seeds Russia on Wednesday
morning, with Italy set for a chance to rebound against Germany
in Session 6 on Tuesday night......Day
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| Aussies in a thriller ... and Germany too |
 PERTH,
Australia January 04, 2005
Courtesy : Hopman Highlights(Alan East)
The Australian duo of Alicia Molik and Mark Philippoussis
survied some tense moments before beating the Slovak Republic
in yesterday's round-robin encounter.
The victory was crucial, with the winners emerging as the
early front-runners in Group B to snare a place in Saturday's
final. The contest went down to the wire, with a Match Tie-break
seeded to separate the nations, with Molik the star as Australia
clinched the third set of the mixed doubles, 11 points to
nine and that was after saving one match point. "
I felt really comfortable out there, " said
Molik. " It helps when I come here every year,
the way the crowds get behind me. "
Last night's battle saw another mixed doubles
decider after the singles rubbers had been split, with Anastasia
Myskina beating Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-3, 6-3, but a tired
Marat Safin going down to a fighting Tommy Haas 3-6, 6-3,
1-6. The mixed doubles went to Germany in another Match Tie-break
to decide the outcome, 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (10/6) with 19-year-old
Groenefeld in superb form.....Day
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| Paradorn through to second round of Chennai Open |
 CHENNAI , India January 05, 2005
World No. 27 and second sedded Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand survived an early first round exit when he defeated Christophe Rochus of Belgium in three-set battle 4-6 7-6(5) 6-1 in Chennai Open in India on Tuesday.
" I am confident of starting the new season on a positive note here. This has been my lucky venue during the last three seasons. I have been training hard with a new coach for the last five weeks in Pattaya before coming here, '' Paradorn said. " My father will be my coach but he has not come down here this year and I have T. J. Middleton of USA as the new coach. However, my father will be with me for the Australian Open, '' he added. The talented player from Bangkok said he hoped better results this year " since I am focussed towards my game more than ever before.'' ...... More
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| USA duo look in fine touch.... and Germans win again |
 PERTH,
Australia January 05, 2005
Courtesy : Hopman Highlights(Alan East)
DEFENDING champions the USA showed
they are in with a strong chance to chase their third successive
Hopman Cup, with yesterday's singles giving them an impressive
victory over the Netherlands.
Meghann Shaughnessy quickly adapted to her first visit to
the Burswood Dome with a 7-5, 6-4 win over a plucky Michaella
Krajicek, who showed enough potential to suggest she will
make an impact when she graduates to senior ranks. Dual Cup
winner James Blake, on the comeback trail after injury and
illness, disposed of Peter Wessels, 6-1, 7-6(4). However the
Dutch pair pulled off an impressive 7-5, 7-5 mixed doubles
win, a loss that could prove costly to the USA in the event
of a countback before Saturday's final.
LAST NIGHT'S contest produced another mixed
doubles thriller, with Germany winning 7-6(7), 6-4, clinched
on their second match point by Tommy Haas. Earlier, Francesca
Schiavone downed Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-2, 2-6, 6-2, but Haas
continued his good singles form with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Davide
Sanguinetti.....Day
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| Danai out of $75K Challengers in New Caledonia |
 NUMEA , New Caledonia January 05, 2005
World No. 204 and Thai Davis Cup team Danai Udomchoke made an early first round exit when he was defeated by third seeded Thierry Ascione of France in straight set 1-6, 2-6 in Numea, New Caledonia earlier today. " It was so windy and I did not play good tennis today. " said the 23-year-old from Bangkok who will be competing next week's Grand Slam qualifying in Melbourne.
In double first round, Danai Udomchoke and Jeff Salzenstein(THA/USA) defeated Jan Frode Andersen/Oliver Marach (NOR/AUT) 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-3 ..... More
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| Russia bows out .... Aussies hit by injury |
 PERTH,
Australia January 06, 2005
Courtesy : Hopman Highlights(Alan East)
CUP FAVORITES Russia bowed out
of contention when Marat Safin and Anastasia Myskina lost
the deciding mixed doubles to Argentina's Guillermo coria
and Gisela Dulko, The Argentinians were seeded fourth , but
their stunning victory , combine with Russia's loss to Germany,
means that tonight's battle between Argentina and Germany
has a place in Saturday's Final as the reward for the winners.
AUSTRALIAN Mark Philippoussis was forced
to withdraw from the doubles last night with a groin injury,
but is still hopeful of recovering in time to play on Friday
and keep alive the host nation's chances of reaching Saturday's
Final.
Australia lost to the Netherlands when Philippoussis suffered
the injury early in the third set of his singles clash with
Peter Wessels, but a precautionary scan today with tell the
story. The clash with the Netherlands was full of drama, with
the women's singles proving a tough battle and the men's clash
one of fluctuating fortunes, injury and drama. Alicia Molik
worked to win 6-3, 7-5 against world No. 1 junior Michaella
Krajicek, but Philippoussis went down 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-2.....Day
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| Paradorn advances to quarterfinal of Chennai Open |
 CHENNAI , India January 06, 2005
World No. 27 and second sedded Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand continued his fine run and looked comfortable to reach quarterfinal of Chennai Open, defeating qualifier Nicolas Devilder of France in straight set 6-3, 6-2 in Chennai, India earlier today. The Thai No. 1 now sets up quarterfinal clash with Kristof Vliegen of Belgium who eliminated 6th seeded Yen-Hsun Lu of Taipei 1-6, 7-5, 7-6(6)...... More
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| Injury puts Argentina into the Final |
 PERTH,
Australia January 07, 2005
Courtesy : Hopman Highlights(Alan East)
AN INJURY to German star Tommy
Haas has put Argentina into the Final of 17th Hyundai Hopman
Cup.
In a winner-take-all contest, the Argentine pair of Gisela
Dulko and Guillermo Coria found themselves in the Final when
Haas retired hurt at 2-3 in the second set after he had won
the first 7-5. Germany's Anna-Lena Groenefeld has won the
opening singles in a gusty affair, dropping the first set
3-6, but fighting back with impressive 6-2, 6-1 sets. The
doubles wasn't played as Haas went for treatment to the thigh
strain.
IN OTHER GAMES, the Slovak Republic looked
impressive against the USA, while Italy snatched a surprise
win over Russia, claiming the doubles 8-6 in a pro-set after
the singles were split, with Anastasia Myskina beating Francesca
Schiavone, but Marat Safin losing to Davide Sanguinetti.
Daniela Hantuchova was strong in her 6-4, 6-2 win over Meghann
Shaughnessy and Dominik Hrbaty downed James Blake 7-6(2),
6-4. The mixed was a thriller, with the USA grabbing a vital
rubber, 0-6, 6-7 and 10-7 in the Match Tie-braek, with the
second set tie-break stretching out to 15-13.......Day
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| Paradorn in semifinal of Chennai Open |
 CHENNAI , India January 07, 2005
World No. 27 and second sedded Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand booked his place into semifinal of Chennai Open when he defeated Kristof Vliegen of Belgium in straight 6-3, 6-4 in Chennai, India earlier today. The Thai No. 1 who is recently coached by TJ Middleton, sets up semifinal clash with Tomas Zib of Czech Republic.....More
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